This course provides a general introduction to literary genres--novel, short story, poetry, and drama--in order to enhance students' skills in analyzing texts and performances with insight and appreciation. Students examine fundamentals of literary analysis (plot, character, symbolism, theme, voice, tone, and figurative language) as well as basic critical principles for making literary judgments while reading texts.

This course explores America's major writers and literary movements from first contact through the Civil War. Topics include contact and Native American literature, colonial, revolutionary and New Republic writing, the literature of antebellum reform, and the American Renaissance.

This course surveys writers in English literature from the Anglo-Saxon era to the 18th century. It covers works of at least two of the three most influential writers in the language (Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton) as well as their historical and cultural backgrounds. Students read plays; epic, religious, romantic, and satiric poetry; ballads; and non-fiction prose, including essays and biography. Eras include medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for LIT 260 or LIT 260H.

This honors course allows serious students to delve more deeply into British literature from the Anglo-Saxon era to the 18th century than is typical of general survey courses. Students explore the most influential writers in the language (Chaucer, Shakespeare, and Milton), as well as representative works from historically significant movements, such as the Protestant Reformation and Interregnum. Students read complete plays; epic, religious, romantic, and satiric poetry; ballads; and non-fiction prose, including essays and biography. Eras include medieval, Renaissance, and Enlightenment. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for LIT 260 or LIT 260H.

This course surveys major writers in English literature from the late 18th to the 21st century. It covers some of the best-known poetry, essays, drama, and prose fiction written in modern English as well as the historical and cultural backgrounds of these works. Eras include romantic, Victorian, modern, post-colonial, and postmodern. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for LIT 261 or LIT 261H.

This honors course gives scholars the opportunity to immerse themselves in the literature of the United Kingdom from the Romantic period to the present, identifying and pursuing their own research interests to a much greater degree than a general survey course allows. The course covers major writers such as Stoppard, Dickens, Austen, Hardy, and Keats; significant minor writers like Stevie Smith and Hanif Kureishi; and cultural contexts for the Romantic, Victorian, Modern, Post-Colonial, and Postmodern eras. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for LIT 261 or LIT 261H.

This course introduces students to selected works by William Shakespeare with the goal of enhancing their understanding and appreciation of his writing. The course emphasizes not only the intrinsic value of the works themselves but also the historical, intellectual, political, social, and psychological forces that influenced Shakespeare and which are manifested in his extraordinary art. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for LIT 265 or LIT 265H.

This course introduces highly motivated students to selected works by William Shakespeare with the goal of enhancing their understanding and appreciation of his writing. The course emphasizes not only the intrinsic value of the works themselves but also the historical, intellectual, political, social, and psychological forces that influenced Shakespeare and which are manifested in his extraordinary art. UC CREDIT LIMITATION: Credit for LIT 265 or LIT 265H.

This course surveys world literature--including the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas--from the ancient period up to the 1600s. Students study the selected literature for its expression of the human experience and for its generation of cultural and artistic values.

This course surveys world literature--the Middle East, Asia, Africa, Europe, Australia, and the Americas--from the 1600s up to the present. Students study the selected literature for its expression of the human experience and for its generation of cultural and artistic values.

This course provides students the opportunity to apply the theories and techniques of their discipline in an internship position in a professional setting under the instruction of a faculty-mentor and site supervisor. It introduces students to aspects of the roles and responsibilities of professionals employed in the field of study. Topics include goal-setting, employability skills development, and examination of the world of work as it relates to the student's career plans. Students must develop new learning objectives and/or intern at a new site upon each repetition. Students may not earn more than 16 units in any combination of cooperative work experience (general or occupational) and/or internship studies during community college attendance.

This course gives students an opportunity to study topics in Literature that are not included in regular course offerings. Each Topics course is announced, described, and given its own title and 296 number designation in the class schedule.

This course allows students to pursue a special area of interest in order to achieve specific goals beyond the scope of existing courses within the discipline. Students work independently and interact directly with an instructor on an individual basis and as prescribed by the Directed Study Agreement.